You plant them, and they take root; they grow and bring forth fruit; you are near in their mouths yet far from their hearts.
Deuteronomy 30:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 No, the word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your mind and in your heart, so that you can do it. American Standard Version (1901) But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. Common English Bible Not at all! The word is very close to you. It’s in your mouth and in your heart, waiting for you to do it. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, the word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayst do it. |
You plant them, and they take root; they grow and bring forth fruit; you are near in their mouths yet far from their hearts.
Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.
They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.
When this comes—and come it will!—then they shall know that a prophet has been among them.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
“Brothers and sisters, you descendants of Abraham’s family and others who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent.
Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross to the other side of the sea for us and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?’
“See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity.